The University of Chicago Magazine

July–Aug/11

At a time when science was a man’s field, physicist and chemist Conwell conducted research that won her a 2010 National Medal of Science.
July–Aug/11

The art of Soviet-era children’s literature shifted from experimental and avant-garde to a realistic, government-mandated style under Stalin.

Sept–Oct/11

The University makes some departures rooted in its enduring values.

Sept–Oct/11

Before her daughter arrived, a baby photo from the orphanage was the only thing the author had.

Sept–Oct/11

In a rare procedure, UChicago doctors give a patient a new heart, liver, and kidney.

Sept–Oct/11

Japan's claustrophobic commuter rail system operates with human and technological precision.

Sept–Oct/11

Archaeologist Hannah Chazin searches for late Bronze Age artifacts in Armenia.

Sept–Oct/11

A look back at a more civil discourse, on a University-broadcast radio forerunner to Sunday morning talk shows.

Sept–Oct/11

Economist Bruce Meyer studies the myth of the middle-class squeeze.

Sept–Oct/11

Amy Lehman envisions treating patients from isolated African villages aboard a hospital boat.

Sept–Oct/11

Are there more Federalists, Objectivists, or zombie fighters?

Sept–Oct/11

A Becker-Friedman merger, new campus dining options, and developments in the 53rd Street development.